Collar-clamping bow-tie mounting



Oct. 20, 1959 o. w. PETERSON 2,908,957

COLLAR-CLAMPING BOW-TIE MOUNTING Filed July 14, 1958 /N l E N TOR.-

Bk WW ATTORNEY United States Patent r 2,908,957 COLLAR-CLAMPING BOW-TIE MOUNTING Otto W. Peterson, Phelps, Nebr.

Application July 14, 1958, Serial No. 748,256

3 Claims. (11. 24-81) This invention relates-to pre-formed bow ties.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of collar-clamping bow-tie mounting; to provide an improved form of collar-clamping bow-tie mounting of arcuate form substantially conforming with the contour of the neck of the average wearer; to provide a bow-tie mounting of this kind having improved means for yieldingly clamping the wings of a shirt collar; and to provide an improved form of collar-clamping bow-tie mounting of this kind made from three pieces of easilyassembled spring metal for facile attachment of the tie thereto and for convenient clamping to the wings of a shirt collar by one desiring to wear the tie.

In the adaptation shown in the accompanying drawi-ngs:

Fig.1 is a full-size, rear view of a bow-tie and collar 2,908,957 I Patented Oct. 20, 1959 2 dle section 8, is doubled back inwardly on the middle section 8 to provide the portions 7, about an inch long, overlying the adjacent parts of the middle section 8. The extensions 9 of the strip 6, are then re-bent outwardly and, adjacent the junctures of the tongues 12, the extensions 9 are formed with S bends 13 on which the clips i are swivelled. Before the clips 10 areplaced on the tongues 12 the extensions 9 are angled upwardly from the face of the portions 7 overlying the middle section 8 with the S bends 13 somewhat open, as shown in Fig. 5.

After the clips 10 have been placed on the tongues L12, the

extensions 9 are bent further downwardly toward the portions 7 and the S bends 13 are compressed (as shown in Fig. 4) to press the extremities 11 of the tongues 12 against the clips 10 and in turn yieldingly press the extremities 14 of the clips 10 against the doubled over portions 7 of the middle section 8.

tutes the strip 6. The ends are slightly rounded and adclamping mounting made in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a full-size, front view of the mounting per se with the tie removed;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, front, perspective view of this improved form of mounting;

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same; and

Fig. 5 is a further enlarged, exploded, perspective of I one end of this improved mounting indicating the manner wherein the collar-clamping clip is secured to the main part of the mounting.

The essential concept of this invention involves a comcurved ends of the arched middle section of the mount- An improved form of collar-clamping, bow-tie mounting, embodying the foregoing concept, comprises a strip 6 of spring metal portions 7 of which, outwardly of a middle section 8, are bent inwardly to overlie the middle section 8 and then rebent oppositely outward to form spaced extensions 9 swivelling clips 10 so as to be pressured by the extensions 9 into contact with the doubledover portions 7 of middle section 8 to clamp the wings of a shirt collar between the clips 10 and the extremities of the middle section 8.

In its preferred 'form, as herein illustrated, the strip 6 is high-grade, spring-metal approximately one-quarter inch wide and about on one-hundredth of an inch thick. Before bending, the strip 6 is between five and six inches in length, and for about three eighths of an inch inwardly from its extremities 11 the" strip 6 is reduced in width to about one-eighth of an inch to form tongues 12. The strip 6, outwardly of substantially a three-inch length midjacently inward from the extremity 18 each clip 10 has an aperture 17 in diameter to receive a tongue 12 and permit easy turning of the clip 10 thereon. Theaperture 17 is so positioned inwardly from the extremity 18 that after the S bend 13, in each extension 9, is compressed the respective extremity 18 rests on the extension 9 inwardly of the juncture 19 with the tongue 12. (See Figs. 3 and 4.) Inwardly adjacent the extremity 14 each clip 10 is crimped at 20 slightly so as to offset the extremity 14 from the plane of the clip and more firmly position the extremity 14 in the seat 16 of the mounting when positioned on -a shirt collar.

After the clips 10 are set over the respective tongues 12, and the S bends 13 in the extensions 9 are com pressed, the extremities 11 of the tongues 12 bear nearly medially on the respective clips 10. So positioned the tongues 12 yieldingly press the extremities 14 of the clips 10 into the seats 16 of the double-over extremities 15 of middle section 8, as is so clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.

When the mounting thus has been formed, a suitable piece of fabric, appropriately shaped and doubled upon itself to simulate a bow tie 21, may be secured to the mounting. As shown in Fig. 1, this is accomplished by winding a short section 22 of fabric-matching or contrasting-around the tie 21 and the middle section 8 of the mounting and stitching the ends of the section 22 together in a conventional manner.

One so completed, this improved bow-tie-mounting is used in the following manner, to position a tie on a shirt.

The clips 10 are turned transversely of the mounting, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2. One at a time the upwardly-bent extremities 15 of the doubled-over middle section 8 are positioned under the respective wings of a shirt collar (not here shown). The clips 10 then are turned back, over the respective outer faces of the collar wings, to extend outwardly in alinement with the middle section 8 of the mounting. So positioned the extremities 14 of the clips 10 press the collar wings into the seats 16 at the doubled over extremities 15 of the middle section 8 of the mounting. The bow-tie 21 is thereby held firmly in place on the shirt collar.

To remove the tie 21, the clips 10 are turned to a transverse position, as shown in dotted outline in Fig,

. 3 2, and the mounting is free to be removed from the shirt collar.

Variations and modifications in the details of structure and. arrangement of the parts may be resorted to within theispirit'and coverage of the appended claims.

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1. A collar-clamping bow-tie resilient-material. arcuate-shaped mounting having the extremities bent out of the plane of the-mounting in the direction of the convex face thereof, a pair'of oppositely-disposed resilient-material arms rigidon the mounting extending outwardly from the convex face of the mounting on opposite sides of the transverse median, the arms each having an S bend inwardly from the'free'end with each tree arm end disposed in inwardly-angled opposition to the adjacent ends of the mounting, and a resilientqnaterial clip swivelled in the S bend on each-arm in spaced relationship to the'convex face of the mounting and pressured by the respective ends of the arms outwardly of the swivelled clips to yieldingly contact the extremities of the clips with the respective bent ends of the mounting when the clips extend in the same general direction of the mounting so as to clamp the wings of a shirt collar between the respective clips and the mounting extremities.

-2. Acollar-clampin'g bow-tie mounting, comprising a comparatively thin narrow strip of spring-metal of predetermined length having a middle section of less than half the predetermined strip length of permanent arcuate form, portions outwardly of the middle section being doubled inwardly and contactively overlying the convex face of the arcuate middle section a distance short of the transverse median of the strip, the remaining free sections of the doubled-over portions being rebent outwardly in downwardly-angled spaced relationship to the doubled-over portions, and a pair of narrow outwardlyextending spring-metal clips respectively swivelled midway on the rebent sections in spaced relationship to the doubled-over portions and pressured by the extremities of the respective rebent sections to yieldingly contact the ends of the clips with the respective ends of the doubledover portions when the clips extend in the same general direction of the middle section so as to clamp the wings of a shirt collar between the respective clips and the mounting.

3. A collar-clamping bow-tie mounting comprising a comparatively thin narrow strip of spring-metal of predetermined length having a middle section of less than half the predetermined strip length of permanent arcuate form, portions outwardly of the middle section being doubled inwardly and contactively overlying the convex face of the arcuate middle section a distance short of the transverse median of the strip, the extremities of the doubled-over portions being bent out of the plane thereof in the direction of the convex surface, the remaining free sections of the strip being rebent outwardly in downwardly-angled spaced relationship to the doubled over portions, the rebent portions each having an S be'n'd'in wardly from the free end with the part outwardly beyond the S bend of reduced width, and a pair of narrow springmetal clips each swivelled on one of the S bends and pressured by the contacting narrow extremities of the respective rebent ends to yieldingly contact the ends of the clips with the respective bends in the doubled-over portions when the clips extend in the same general direction of the middle section so as to clamp the wings of a shirt collar between the respective clips and mounting.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,195,094 Ruben Aug. 15, 1916 2,306,829 MlltlOW Dec. 29 1942 2,425,949 Mleczek Aug. 19, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 2,908,957 October :20, 1959 T Otjm W Peterson It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the said- Letters Patent should read as cor rested below.

' In the grant, line 3, and in the heading to the printed specification, line 3 ,T for "Phelps" read -i Bertrand Signed and sealed this 3rd day of May 1960a (SEAL) Attest:

KARL'H' WNE ROBERT c. WATSON Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents 

